PL26 7DD

St Mewan & Grampound · Cornwall · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
St Austell
Local authority
Cornwall
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PL26 7DA 454 m
PL26 7DB 551 m
PL26 7AU 592 m
PL26 7BY 628 m
PL26 7BZ 641 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PL26 7DD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PL
Postcode district
PL26
Postcode sector
PL26 7
Latitude
50.314122
Longitude
-4.814564
British National Grid easting
199,714
British National Grid northing
49,811

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Cornwall · E06000052
Parish or community
E04013090
Westminster constituency
St Austell and Newquay · E14001508
Output area
E00096361
Lower layer super output area
Cornwall 041E · E01019067
Middle layer super output area
Cornwall 041 · E02003964

Postcode source versions

Explore PL26

35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lefesant Farm, Little Polgooth, St Austell, PL26 7DD 26 September 2024 £651,000
The Willows, Little Polgooth, St Austell, PL26 7DD 27 March 2023 £565,000
Hillcrest, Little Polgooth, St Austell, PL26 7DD 1 July 2022 £499,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
2
  1. St Mewan Community Primary School

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    2.1 km
  2. Pondhu Primary School

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    2.4 km
  3. Restormel Academy

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    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
32
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Public order 7
  • Burglary 4
  • Other theft 2
  • Shoplifting 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
102

53 female, 49 male

Postcode households
55
Residents per household
1.9
PL26 7 residents
10,136

Age bands in PL26 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,546 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

963 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.4%

2,026 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

2,920 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

2,482 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PL26 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
43.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • R A Hawke and Co

    BCT · Polgooth

    0.4 miles
  • R A Hawke and Co

    BCT · Polgooth

    0.4 miles
  • Stoney Lane

    BCT · Polgooth

    0.5 miles
  • Stoney Lane

    BCT · Polgooth

    0.5 miles
  • Springfield Close

    BCT · Polgooth

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cornwall 041E, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,467 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £499,500 from 5 recorded sales in PL26 7DD. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cornwall is £277,801 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Mewan Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

32 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.